My uncle has a guardianship file that runs from 1909 until he reached the age of majority a few years later. His middle initial, which was actually “A,” is listed as “O” throughout the set of documents. Consistently every reference to him has the same middle initial of “O.” This makes one wonder if the clerk wrote it down wrong once and simply copied the same error over and over. It might have been easier, if the error was actually noticed, to just stick with it going forward. Because after the guardianship was closed, the issue might have been moot.
A library you will be at has a copy of a family genealogy that you have already seen. Do you need to see another copy? The answer is “maybe.” A library’s copy of a family genealogy may have been donated by the original owner of the book and that owner may have added comments, corrections, or additions to their copy of the book. These writings won’t appear in other copies or even a copy you have found available online digitally. If you have easy access to another copy of the book, it may be worth your while to take a look. You never know what you may find written inside. The example image does not include anything earth shattering, but you never know until you look.
The 1940 US census indicates who in the household provided the information by placing an “x” within a circle next to that person’s name. If a household member did not provide the information, there was to be a notation in the left hand margin indicating who provided the information. This is the only US census that provided specific informant information.
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